El Hir Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Hir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Hir Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania101:409,48616,302
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

El Hir Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Hir Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El Hir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺮ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Hir? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. El Hir occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Hir reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The surname El Hir is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Tagant Region, where 50 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 40 percent reside and Gorgol Region, where 10 percent reside. Barring Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Morocco, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Hair922,187/
El Khir92545/
El Heir929/
El Hirh924/
El Hire924/
El Kheir866,354/
El Khair864,890/
El Khire864/
El Chair863/
El Khoir861/
El Hirre861/
El Her831,118/
El Air839/
El Gir831/
El Itr831/
El Khaire8023/
El Kheire8017/
El Chaair805/
El Khaair801/
El Kher77860/
El Herd77137/
El Jair77136/
El Herr7788/
El Here7758/
El Khér7719/
El Gair7712/
El Jisr7712/
El Hajr779/
El Hayr774/
El-Khir773/
El Herz773/
El Oird772/
El Hert771/
El Jr731,586/
El Kheïr71293/
El-Kheir71240/
El Khayr7199/
El-Khair7185/
El Khere7134/
El Kheer714/
El Kheyr714/
El Herre713/
El-Chair711/
El Kheîr711/
El Khéyr711/
El Esr67380/
El Etr67315/
El Khayre6742/
El-Her674/
El Jer672/
El-Itr671/
El Kheyre671/
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El Hir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺮalhr-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Hir
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